diff --git a/spyderlib/plugins/inspector.py b/spyderlib/plugins/inspector.py
index 24b8cfabea8..08b17ee4773 100644
--- a/spyderlib/plugins/inspector.py
+++ b/spyderlib/plugins/inspector.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from spyderlib.widgets.comboboxes import EditableComboBox
 from spyderlib.widgets.sourcecode import codeeditor
 from spyderlib.widgets.findreplace import FindReplace
-from spyderlib.widgets.browser import WebView
+from spyderlib.widgets.browser import FrameWebView
 from spyderlib.widgets.externalshell.pythonshell import ExtPythonShellWidget
 from spyderlib.plugins import SpyderPluginWidget, PluginConfigPage
 from spyderlib.py3compat import to_text_string, get_meth_class_inst
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class RichText(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, parent):
         QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
 
-        self.webview = WebView(self)
+        self.webview = FrameWebView(self)
         self.find_widget = FindReplace(self)
         self.find_widget.set_editor(self.webview)
         self.find_widget.hide()
diff --git a/spyderlib/widgets/browser.py b/spyderlib/widgets/browser.py
index 0c0d5a57436..f3eb90e8edc 100644
--- a/spyderlib/widgets/browser.py
+++ b/spyderlib/widgets/browser.py
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
 
 """Simple web browser widget"""
 
+import sys
+
+from spyderlib.qt.QtCore import QUrl, Slot, Signal
 from spyderlib.qt.QtGui import (QHBoxLayout, QWidget, QVBoxLayout,
-                                QProgressBar, QLabel, QMenu)
+                                QProgressBar, QLabel, QMenu, QFrame)
 from spyderlib.qt.QtWebKit import QWebView, QWebPage, QWebSettings
-from spyderlib.qt.QtCore import QUrl, Slot
-import spyderlib.utils.icon_manager as ima
-import sys
 
 # Local imports
+from spyderlib.baseconfig import DEV, _
 from spyderlib.utils.qthelpers import (create_action, add_actions,
                                        create_toolbutton, action2button)
-from spyderlib.baseconfig import DEV, _
+from spyderlib.utils import icon_manager as ima
 from spyderlib.widgets.comboboxes import UrlComboBox
 from spyderlib.widgets.findreplace import FindReplace
 from spyderlib.py3compat import to_text_string, is_text_string
@@ -239,6 +240,42 @@ def toggle_find_widget(self, state):
             self.find_widget.hide()
 
 
+class FrameWebView(QFrame):
+    """
+    Framed QWebView for UI consistency in Spyder.
+    """
+    linkClicked = Signal(QUrl)
+
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        QFrame.__init__(self, parent)
+
+        self._webview = WebView(self)
+
+        layout = QHBoxLayout()
+        layout.addWidget(self._webview)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self.setLayout(layout)
+
+        self.setFrameStyle(QFrame.StyledPanel | QFrame.Sunken)
+
+        self._webview.linkClicked.connect(self.linkClicked)
+
+    def set_font(self, font, fixed_font=None):
+        self._webview.set_font(font, fixed_font=fixed_font)
+
+    def setHtml(self, html_text, base_url):
+        self._webview.setHtml(html_text, base_url)
+
+    def url(self):
+        return self._webview.url()
+
+    def load(self, url):
+        self._webview.load(url)
+
+    def page(self):
+        return self._webview.page()
+
+
 def main():
     """Run web browser"""
     from spyderlib.utils.qthelpers import qapplication